Find the Balance between
Product Development and Customer Needs
When teams plan separately, they may not consider all the different types of work that need to be done. This results in inefficient resource utilization, missed deadlines and unhappy customers. So how do you prioritize?
There are two ways to address this challenge head on. The first is through collective intelligence, or pooling together knowledge from different stakeholders to stay aligned. The second is through foresight, giving you the ability to anticipate what’s to come.
With Meisterplan, it’s easy to work together across teams and plan ahead with rough forecasts.
Know Who’s Working on What
Get a clear overview of all expert capacity across your organization’s teams and projectsProjectA project is a time-limited undertaking with defined objectives and resources that delivers unique results and often includes complex tasks..
Don’t Get Lost in the Details
Work with just the data you need to create a rough plan, giving yourself space to find solutions.
Make Quick Decisions
Be able to react immediately when the unexpected happens by finding ad-hoc solutions.
Deliver Reliably on Commitments
Create a plan that’s mindful of your people’s availabilities and customer expectations.
- Get the transparency needed to plan on a high level across departments and technologies.
- Take all projectsProjectA project is a time-limited undertaking with defined objectives and resources that delivers unique results and often includes complex tasks. and dependencies into account, so you know when deadlines are actually feasible.
- Simulate “what-if” scenariosScenarioIn project portfolio management (PPM), scenarios are potential ways that your portfolio can look, based on a set of well-defined assumptions and portfolio decisions. Scenario planning is used to forecast… to immediately see the impact of any changes.
Employee-Centric Planning
Get a clear overview of resourceResourceResources are all the people, places and things that you need to complete projects. The most important resource? Employees, of course! capacity and utilization.
- Manage your resources in a straightforward interface that’s even easier than spreadsheets.
- Find the right balance, so no one on your team has too much or too little work.
- Keep absences and other commitments in mind while making plans.
Straightforward Financial Data
Regularly evaluate financial data and know if you’re staying within budget.
- Set billing rates for each role or resourceResourceResources are all the people, places and things that you need to complete projects. The most important resource? Employees, of course! per projectProjectA project is a time-limited undertaking with defined objectives and resources that delivers unique results and often includes complex tasks. to determine the value of customer projects.
- Break costs down by type, such as by CapExCapExSynonym for → Capital ExpenditureCapital expenditures (CapEx) refer to the one-time expenditures of companies for long-term investments in technology, equipment, buildings, and machinery. and OpExOpExSynonym for → Operating ExpenseOpEx, short for operational expenditures, refers to the ongoing operational expenses that a company requires for its daily business. These costs are recurring and typically include things like employee salaries,….
- Keep track of actual financial progress and compare it to your planned budgets.
Customized Reports
Monitor your portfolio health and determine whether your projectsProjectA project is a time-limited undertaking with defined objectives and resources that delivers unique results and often includes complex tasks. are on track.
- Identify bottlenecks and find solutions such as hiring either internally or externally.
- Use capacity reports to ensure your teams are able to commit to customer projects.
- Leverage the Portfolio Dashboard to gain insight with relevant charts and KPIs.
What Frank loves about Meisterplan
Meisterplan enables us to plan ahead for our customer projects, quickly adjust as needed, report clearly to colleagues and customers and make binding commitments.
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